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Word | Diaphanous |
Arabic Meaning | شفاف, شفّاف |
so thin as to transmit light; a hat with a diaphanous veil; filmy wings of a moth; gauzy clouds of dandelion down; gossamer cobwebs; sheer silk stockings; transparent chiffon; vaporous silks / very sheer or light, almost transparent or translucent; it also means vague or indistinct / Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain / sheer; transparent / (especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent. / used to describe cloth that is very thin and light, | |
Usage | ⇒ They saw the burglar clearly through the diaphanous curtain. ⇒ the bride wore a diaphanous veil ⇒ a diaphanous dress of pale gold |
Synonyms | transparent, filmy, sheer, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, translucent, thin, clear, crystalline, flimsy, light, delicate, fine, pellucid, airy, limpid, lucid, cobwebby, gauze-like, |
Antonyms | opaque, thick, acute, awkward, clever, critical, foggy, solid, ambiguous, astute, cloudy, compact, concrete, corpulent, crass, deep, dense, descending, difficult, dim, |
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